Effect of family labour on output of farms in selected EU Member States: a non-parametric quantile regression approach
利用非参数分位数回归方法，研究欧盟部分成员国家庭劳动力对农场产出的影响，发现仅在技术效率高的农场中，家庭劳动力投入达到一定门槛后才产生正向产出效应。
There is very little empirical evidence supporting the claims that family farming is a ‘superior’ form of organisation for agricultural production. This paper investigates the comparative output effects of family labour in several EU Member States. No positive output effects can be discerned when farms are characterised by a low level of technical efficiency. In the case of efficient farms, the incremental effects of family labour are characterised by a number of thresholds. The paper only finds limited support for the claimed positive output effects of family farming and these only materialise after a considerable family involvement is committed.